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Portland, ME

69,104 Population
21.5 square miles 3,208.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 43.8 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maine: 44.9 ±0.2

Economics

$55,571 ±$7,412 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $51,595 ±$1,764
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Maine: $42,936 ±$819
$83,399 ±$7,279 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $92,117 ±$2,897
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $73,733 ±$1,699

8.7% ±2.6% (5,902  ±1,762) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 7.1% † 39,090 (±1% / ±5,761)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 10.4% 140,460 (±0.6% / ±8,588)

19.9 minutes ±1 (611,305  ±39,469) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 24.9 6,110,790 (±0.4 / ±120,421)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

34,067 ±1,698 Number of households
  • the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 244,997 ±3,534
  • Maine: 616,085 ±5,376
2 ±0.1 (67,269  ±67) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 2.3 552,258 (±0 / ±161)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.2 1,354,209

5.5% ±2.8% (1,172  ±601) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 3.6% † 4,500 (±1% / ±1,280)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 4.3% † 12,708 (±0.6% / ±1,842)

Housing

38,117 ±1,942 Number of housing units
  • the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 291,250 ±94
  • Maine: 757,424 ±1,338

$494,400 ±$35,319 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $444,600 ±$9,870
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $310,700 ±$6,249

16.4% ±3.4% (11,166  ±2,342) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 10.1% 56,825 (±1% / ±5,587.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 10.6% 147,375 (±0.7% / ±8,990.1)

Social

97.4% ±5.8% (50,975  ±3,673.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 96.6% 410,161 (±2.3% / ±9,938.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 94.9% 986,553 (±1.4% / ±14,190.1)
61.8% ±5% (32,367  ±2,904.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 48% 203,639 (±1.6% / ±6,900.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 37% 384,543 (±0.9% / ±9,019.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.3% ±2.2% (5,731  ±1,515) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 5% 28,026
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 3.8% 53,448

3.6% ±1.1% (2,105  ±666) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 6.6% 30,655 (±0.5% / ±2,185)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 8% 91,492 (±0.4% / ±4,343)
2,105 Total veterans ±666 1,942 Male ±622 163 Female ±221

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